Thousands at the Rebbe’s Ohel on Friday
Braving the sweltering summer heat, ten of thousands of people from all walks of life made their way to the Ohel of the Rebbe in Queens, NY to mark Gimmel Tammuz.
Braving the sweltering summer heat, ten of thousands of people from all walks of life made their way to the Ohel of the Rebbe in Queens, NY to mark Gimmel Tammuz.
In a candid, no holds barred Farbrengen, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Dean of the Meaningful Life Center, directly tackled the meaning of Gimmel Tammuz and what the Rebbe wants us to do today. He spoke before a packed room of Anash community members of Toronto, Canada.
Reb Aizik Homiler passed by the army base and noticed an officer standing guard outside, braving the biting frost, making sure no unauthorized person enters without permission, until his feet had become frostbitten.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yitzchok Wineberg, head Shliach to British Colombia and Executive director of Chabad in Vancouver, will lead a discussion on the topic: Gimbal Tammuz – Hidden and Revealed.
Shabbos will mark twenty two years since the passing of our dear Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. For the benefit of our readers, we have put together Minhogei Yom Hilulah and Mishnayos in the Extended Article.
In honor of the forthcoming gimmel Tammuz on Shabbos, Lubavitch Archives presents to you a correspondence between the Rebbe and George HW Bush, in 1989.
For many, the anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing elicits mixed emotions. In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, JEM presents an excerpt of a Sicha in which the Rebbe teaches that the way to mark a Rebbe’s passing. Namely, this is in the spirit which the Rebbe served God during his lifetime.
As the sun set Thursday night lines to get into the Ohel began lengthening as thousands of men, women and children began making their way to the Ohel to mark Gimmel Tammuz.